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MARKET REFORMS, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND NATIONAL IDENTITY:
NON-NATIONAL IDENTITY OF KAZAKHSTAN
by
Azamat Zhanalin
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS)
MAY 2011
Copyright 2011
Azamat Zhanalin

The present study offers an analysis of the concept of non-national identity in application to the Republic of Kazakhstan as the most likely case. The primary hypothesis is that newly independent states, which are undergoing a rapid transition to market economy and actively pursue integration in the world economy and foreign direct investment, will experience fragmentation of their national identity, defined as non-national identity.; Three sites in Kazakhstan, Almaty, Astana and Aktau, were chosen for the study as representative of the market reforms in the republic as well as the best examples of the country’s pursuit of foreign direct investment and integration into the global economy. The data collected indicates that while Kazakhstan does demonstrate fragmentation of its national identity, it is not necessarily caused by the market reforms and the participation in the global trade. Alternative causal variables such as the Soviet and Russian colonial legacy, intra-ethnic cleavages among the Kazakhs and the prevalence of multi-vector foreign policy were found to contribute to the development of non-national identity of Kazakhstan. The study’s results also suggest that in the last few years, Kazakh identity is experiencing a rather strong revival as well, which may yet counteract the existing factors leading to the emergence of the non-national identity of Kazakhstan.

MARKET REFORMS, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND NATIONAL IDENTITY:
NON-NATIONAL IDENTITY OF KAZAKHSTAN
by
Azamat Zhanalin
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS)
MAY 2011
Copyright 2011
Azamat Zhanalin